🌍 No ceasefire in Ukraine

Plus: The Financial World War [Quartz]( Sponsored by Good morning, Quartz readers! Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Sign up here](. Forward to the friend who [likes to reinvent the wheel](. Here’s what you need to know Russia-Ukraine peace talks failed to secure a ceasefire. Yet the meetings in Turkey [offered an opening]( for a meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin. The Indian government confirmed the Russian foreign minister’s visit this week. [Sergey Lavrov arrives in Delhi]( tomorrow, with India one of the few major economies sitting on the fence over the invasion of Ukraine. The US authorized a second booster dose for the over-50s. The additional Pfizer or Moderna shot is also for anyone who’s immunocompromised, and is available as the BA2 sub-variant [becomes dominant in the US](. Apple stocks are on their longest positive streak since 2003. The stock price has gone up consistently [for 11 days so far](. The EU is launching plans to crack down on fast fashion. Its [sustainable textiles strategy]( is unveiled today, and will be followed by a similar initiative that targets a broad range of consumer products. The World Bank froze $600 million in funding for Afghanistan. Four projects are suspended [over the Taliban’s refusal]( to allow girls to go to school. Hackers stole $590 million in another crypto heist. The Ronin Bridge, which connects different blockchains, says it only discovered [the March 23 attack]( yesterday. Sponsor content by Trend Micro The ever-expanding attack surface of the cloud calls for effective cyber risk management to enable enterprises to innovate and meet business objectives. [Discover how]( to better understand, communicate, and mitigate cyber risk across the enterprise. What to watch for [Chinese airlines landing and taking off at an airport.] Reuters/Aly Song Three airlines—Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines—report earnings from their latest quarter today. The numbers come as officials are [trying to figure out]( what happened to China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735, which crashed in a mountainous region of southern China on March 21, killing all 132 people on board. The airline’s shares [haven’t recovered]( from their dip following the crash. Additionally, a new spike in covid-19 cases has led to [fresh lockdowns]( in China and calls to divert 106 Shanghai-bound flights between March 21 and May 1. Yesterday, China Eastern Airlines got approval from the US to [temporarily move some]( New York City-Shanghai flights to different airports in China. But diversions are costly, and any new restrictions or safety regulations will only up the pressure on an industry [already struggling with]( 200 billion yuan ($31 billion) in pandemic-related losses. The Financial World War A month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world’s richest countries have ventured into a financial world war. Sanctions as a weapon aren’t new, but the sheer scope, speed, and spillover of recent actions against Russia, the world’s 11th largest economy, are a watershed moment in the history of economic warfare. It wouldn’t have been possible without an interdependent global financial system anchored by the dollar that makes it easy to intercept money. But sanctions on such a massive scale are already affecting economies outside of Russia, and took a century of trial and error. Are we willing to [accept the global risks]( of a financial world war? 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